經典背誦 Recitation
Daniel: The girls performing water ballet are really amazing. They have neat and elegant movements, and dance in the water. I know water ballet is also called Synchronized Swimming. That is what my Dad told me. My idol is the Olympic diving champion Tian Liang. I'll learn from him.

生詞小結
meat adj. 整齊的

synchronized swimming adj. 花樣游泳

authorize vt. 批準，許可

gesture n. 姿勢

crouched jump 抱膝跳水

backward spinning dive 向后旋轉跳水

clean entry 落水水花少

注釋
A minute on the stage takes ten year practice.

臺上一分鐘臺下十年功。就是說在臺上一分鐘的表演就需要臺下十年之久的訓練?？梢娙魏纬删投际切枰冻雠Φ?。

The Olympic diving champion Tian Liang

田亮，2000年悉尼奧運會男子10米跳臺冠軍

Katherine Curtis

1920 年花樣游泳創始人柯蒂斯將跳水和體操的翻滾動作編排成套在水中表演，后傳入美國和加拿大。1984年，它被正式列為奧運會的比賽項目。

Material 語素
Surfing

Surfing is a sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. It developed in Hawaii and became very popular with American youth in the 1960s.

沖浪

沖浪是一種破浪向海岸滑行的運動。沖浪者最初使用又長又笨重的木頭板，但是現在使用輕便的合成板，它擁有更高的操作性。這種運動在夏威夷發展，20世紀60年代在美國青年中十分流行。

Water Skiing

Water skiing is a surface water sport and recreational activity. It is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate conditions exist-an expanse of water unaffected by wave motion. Standard water skis were originally made of wood but now are usually constructed out of fiberglassbased composites.

水上滑板

水上滑板是一種水面上的體育運動也是一種消遣娛樂的活動。它在世界很多國家流行，只要他們有平靜的廣闊的水域這種條件。標準的水上滑板起初是木制的，但是現在通常是由玻璃纖維合成物構制。